Advancement

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Liz Webster

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With more than 20 years of experience in advancement, Liz Webster embodies the Boston College ideal of caring for others. Get to know Liz a little better.

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Faith in the Future

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For 35 years, Chuck and Gloria Clough have helped Boston College wrestle with big questions around leadership, democracy, and faith. Now with a transformative $25M gift, they are helping to shape the future for BC and the Catholic Church.

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Raising the Heights

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Realizing Soaring Higher‘s full potential requires a better understanding of the people and moments that have made it all possible.

Having supported the scholarships of nearly 40 Eagles over the years, Sue Shea insists there are few gifts greater than a BC education.

I’m Investing in You.

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BC Trustee Sue Martinelli Shea ’76 has helped 38 students–and counting–find a home at the Heights through scholarships. “It’s a gift for me…I love looking at somebody in the face and saying: ‘I believe in you.’”

Soaring Higher campaign co-chairs

A Team Effort

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Meet the tireless co-chairs leading alumni, parents, and friends into the largest fundraising campaign in BC’s history.

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Ben Anderson

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For years, Ben has played matchmaker between BC and its benefactors. Now he takes on a new challenge leading strategy for Soaring Higher.

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Lifelong Gifts

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Every BC story involves a moment when someone first felt at home at the Heights. Janet and David Griffith ‘68, P‘00, ‘02, ‘06, love providing that feeling for the next generation of Eagles

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Andrew Davidson

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BC’s new senior vice president for university advancement is excited to join a Boston College that he says is “firing on all cylinders.”

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Pops 2022 Behind the Scenes

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How does Boston College prep for its annual fundraising spectacular? Here’s a peek behind the curtain courtesy of a few key figures in the final hours before Pops.

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Celebrating Pops on the Heights

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For the last 30 years, on one of the last Fridays in September, thousands of alumni, parents, and students have gathered in Conte Forum for dinner, dancing, singing, celebrating—and the biggest balloon drop on campus.

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Investing in the Best

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With a new gift, John Kenneth Felter ’72, MA’72 aims to provide Eagles with the same kind of life-changing education that he received at the Heights.